He saw action in 38 contests and compiled 5.3 PPG, 1.6 RPG and 0.6 APG in 11.7 MPG. Outlaw still couldn’t find much time in his second year on the court. Sacramento began the year 2-8 and never recovered, going 28-54. Though Sacramento’s offense was solid, finishing 12th overall during the 2012-13 season, the team was second to last in overall defense. In the 2012 offseason, the Kings had the fifth pick in the 2012 draft and selected Kansas forward Thomas Robinson.
The Mississippi product played in just 38 games games and averaged 4.3 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 0.5 SPG and 0.5 BPG in 14.4 MPG. Outlaw was on the fringes of Sacramento’s rotation in his first season. The Kings never turned their season around under Smart, going 20-39 over the final 59 games to finish 22-44. The team replaced Westphal with assistant coach Keith Smart. Westphal and young star DeMarcus Cousins had failed to see eye to eye. They got off to a poor start (2-5) when the team fired coach Paul Westphal. The Kings were in the midst of a six-year streak of losing seasons coming into the 2011-12 season. The Kings won the bid, signing Outlaw to a four-year, $12 million deal. The next step of the amnesty waiver clause was teams making bids to sign Outlaw. Seeing an opportunity to get rid of Outlaw, the Nets used the amnesty clause on the forward, getting rid of four years and $28 million on their payroll owed to Outlaw. Outlaw had signed a five-year, $35 million deal with the New Jersey Nets and had largely disappointed in his first season with New Jersey. Teams were allowed to waive a player, and remove that player’s salary from their cap sheets.
After the lockout ended and the CBA was agreed to by both owners and players, a one-time rule came into effect.
The forward was waived by the New Jersey Nets through the amnesty clause that came about from the 2011 NBA lockout. Travis Outlaw became a member of the Sacramento Kings in a unique way. *The trade also features the removal of a protection on the 2016 second round pick that the Kings owned from the Knicks from a prior trade. On August 6th, 2014, the New York Knicks traded guard Wayne Ellington and forward-center Jeremy Tyler to the Sacramento Kings for forwards Quincy Acy and Travis Outlaw. New York Knicks Land Quincy Acy In Four-Player Deal
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